From Filing to
Registration: 4-5 years
Convention Priority:
Yes
Classification of
Goods/Service: International (8th Edition)
Multiple Class
Applications: N/A
Registration
Validity:
10 years, renewable
for other
consecutive periods,
each of which is 10
years.
Renewal Time:
Application for
Renewal should be
submitted during the
last year of the
protection period.
There is 6 months
grace-period for
late renewal upon
payment of lateness
fine. (renewal is to
be published in the
Official Gazette and
in one local Arabic
newspaper).
Trade/Service mark
Use:
Not pre-requisite
for registration.
However, a trademark
is vulnerable for
cancellation by any
interested party,
who may prove that
the trademark was
not actually used
for five consecutive
years.
Procedure:
Once the application
is filed, it is
queued to be
examined as to the
trademark
registrability.
Accepted
applications by the
Registrar are
published in the
Official Gazette and
one local Arabic
newspaper. There is
2 months period for
filing an opposition
by any interested
party. In absence of
an opposition, the
published trademark
is registered, and
the certificate of
registration is
issued.
Requirements:
Trademark/Service
Mark Applications
1- Power of
Attorney, duly
notarized and
legalized up to the
Consulate of Oman.
2- Certificate of
Incorporation or
extract from the
commercial register,
duly legalized up to
the Consulate of
Oman.
3- 10 Prints of the
trademark.
4- Certified copy of
the priority
document, if
priority is to be
claimed. (This
document can be
submitted to the
Trademark Office
upon filing the
application)
Renewal of
Trademark/Service
Mark Registrations
1- Power of
Attorney, duly
notarized and
legalized up to the
Consulate of Oman.
2- Copy of the
Certificate of
Registration.
Assignment
Applications
1- Power of Attorney
by the Assignee,
duly notarized and
legalized up to the
Consulate of Oman.
2- Deed of
Assignment, signed
by both parties,
notarized and
legalized up to the
Consulate of Oman.
3- Certificate of
Incorporation or
extract from the
commercial register
of the Assignee,
duly legalized up to
the Consulate of
Oman.
Change of
Name/Address
Applications
1- Power of Attorney
in the new
name/address, duly
notarized and
legalized up to the
Consulate of Oman.
2- Certificate of
change of name
/address, duly
legalized up to the
Consulate of Oman.
